hoosteeno reviewed The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
Great fun
5 stars
The characters in this book are so fun to read about. Very enjoyable.
574 pages
french language
Published Dec. 3, 2003 by Editions du Masque.
La Pierre de Lune
Wilkie Collins: La Pierre de Lune (french language, 2003, Editions du Masque)
- ISBN:
- 978-2-7024-9751-7
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5 stars
(1 review)
One of the first English detective novels, this mystery involves the disappearance of a valuable diamond, originally stolen from a Hindu idol, given to a young woman on her eighteenth birthday, and then stolen again. A classic of 19th-century literature.
Subjects
- Fiction
- Jewelry theft
- Police
- Detective and mystery stories
- English fiction
- Diamonds
- Mystery fiction
- Fear